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Scientists Design A Novel Magnetic Cloaking Device

Scientists from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona designed a magnetic cloak that’ll both shield an object from an outside magnetic field and prevent an internal one from leaking out. It’s an antimagnet and it’ll have various military and medical applications. The antimagnet uses a superconducting material that blocks the internal magnetic field of an object…

Tech News Kelly Sep 22

Aladdin Magic Vaporizer

Contrary to what the name and form factor might suggest, the Aladdin Vaporizer was not a tool to help you get high. Instead, according to one enthusiast of all things Aladdin, the device was used to make insects vanish. Aladdin Magic Vaporizer, kills insects, with original instructions found by Bill & Treva Courter. Made by…

Tech News Adrian Covert Sep 22

Here’s What Happens When a Roomba Mates With An Air Purifier

Moneual took a page from the book of iRobot and created an air purifier that motors around your house, doing its dirty work while you are away. https://gizmodo.com/irobot-roomba-610-professional-series-review-5145781 The sensor-filled Rydis H800 purifier will traverse your room, cleaning when it finds a pocket of polluted air. And it’s a monster cleaner with a five different…

Tech News Kelly Sep 22

Scientists Reconstruct Brains’ Visions Into Digital Video In Historic Experiment

UC Berkeley scientists have developed a system to capture visual activity in human brains and reconstruct it as digital video clips. Eventually, this process will allow you to record and reconstruct your own dreams on a computer screen. I just can’t believe this is happening for real, but according to Professor Jack Gallant—UC Berkeley neuroscientist…

Movies Jesus Diaz Sep 22

Learn How to Pick Locks from a Competitive Lockpicker Who Truly Loves Locks

Schuyler Towne, a man who loves locks more than you’ll love anything, is hosting a 24-part video course on how to pick locks. With any luck, you can become the next great lock picker after watching it (or at least, get yourself in your apartment when you lock yourself out). https://gizmodo.com/watch-a-competitive-lockpicker-who-truly-loves-locks-ta-5832144 All the videos are…

Tech News Casey Chan Sep 22

Faster Than Light Neutrinos? Not So Fast

So did the folks at CERN really record neutrinos moving faster than light? Was Einstein wrong about light speed being a universal speed limit? It’s too early to tell, and regular io9 contributor Dr. Dave Goldberg has some doubts. https://gizmodo.com/scientific-breakthrough-physicists-at-cern-have-record-5842947 So what actually happened here? The OPERA collaboration has a detector in Gran Sasso Italy,…

io9 Dr. Dave Goldberg Sep 22

The B-52’s: Rock Lobster

Who said good music has to make sense? Good art doesn’t have to—did Picasso’s art make any sense, did Jackson Pollack’s? No, because their genius creations trasncended the thinking of the time. And that’s exactly what the B-52’s did with Rock Lobster. In 1979, the punk scene was beginning to split. It had outgrown its…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola Sep 22

Why the women of The Big Bang Theory are more interesting than the men

So The Big Bang Theory returns tonight for its fifth season, and every ad for the show features the four main male geek characters — Leonard, Sheldon, Raj, and Howard — with non-geek Penny at their sides. And while I love these guys as much as the next slightly self-hating nerd does, what made me…

Television Annalee Newitz Sep 22

We’ll have a long wait for 2012’s Doctor Who episodes

Our worst fears have been confirmed: Doctor Who’s next season won’t start airing until the fall of 2012, meaning there’ll be around a nine-month gap between the upcoming Christmas special and the next installments. This has been rumored for a while, ever since a BBC higher-up hinted the show wouldn’t air as usual next year.…

Television Charlie Jane Anders Sep 22

How Windows Live Works in Windows 8

We’re all pretty excited about Windows 8. But in all the commotion last week over the new modal, Metro aesthetic, we sorta glossed over how everything actually works. The Windows Blog’s got a rundown of how the Windows 8 experience actually works. https://gizmodo.com/windows-8-slate-hands-on-its-fantastic-but-dont-sell-5839665 One big step forward is that all of the system and application…

Tech News Kyle Wagner Sep 22

AT-AT Pancakes, Concept Printers, and Other Stories We Didn’t Post

So much news passes before our collective eyes every day that we couldn’t possibly cover it all. Mostly because much of it isn’t worth covering! But here are a some borderline tidbits we passed on, just in case. AT-AT PANCAKE ATTACK Okay, in fairness, by “attack” I mean “deliciousness,” but that didn’t quite have the…

Tech News Brian Barrett Sep 22

Robotic Cannon Fires 1,000 Metal Pellets Per Minute

The Beatty Family build robots. Armored robots with targeting rotating cannons. Armored robots that can detect foes using eight ultra-sonic sensors and fire 1,000 plastic or metal pellets per minute. The Beatty Family rocks. [Beatty Robotics via PC World]

Tech News Jesus Diaz Sep 22

X-rays reveal hidden painting behind 19th century masterpiece

The 1823 painting Portrait of Don Ramón Satué is considered one of Francisco Goya’s finest achievements, but it might actually have been the artist’s last-ditch effort to avoid political hot water. X-ray analysis reveals this painting once depicted someone far more controversial than a local judge. On the left, you can see the Portrait of…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins Sep 22

The Pursuit of Personal Flight

The photo you’re looking at is of Swiss pilot Yvess Rossy, aka “Jetman,” piloting a jet-powered, six-foot-wide, carbon-fiber wing of his own invention. Rossy’s personal jet craft is considered by many to represent the pinnacle of humanity’s endeavors to achieve personal flight — the ultimate realization of a dream that has driven human innovation for…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Sep 22

Cellphone Service Hitting NYC Subways to Both Delight and Dismay

New Yorkers, get ready to either cough up blood or throw your arms up in the air and make jazz hands for joy: cellphone service is hitting a select several subway stations. If you’re an AT&T or T-Mobile customer. In what might be the last joint action between the two companies before they get their…

Tech News Sam Biddle Sep 22

This Incredible Space Aurora Video Trumps Any Earth Fly-By—Ever

This breathtaking time-lapse of Earth’s auroras as seen from the flying International Space Station is one of the most beautiful videos I’ve seen in my life. I can’t even begin to imagine the feelings that astronauts must experience when they watch this in real time. It truly must be the most exhilarating yet most humbling…

Space & Spaceflight Jesus Diaz Sep 22

A Dad Photoshopped Ewoks Into His Family Pictures to Convince His Kids Ewoks Were Real

I think I’m giving Anthony Herrera the dad of the year title. Why? Because when he brought his kids to Sequoia National Park he told them Ewoks lived there. Of course, his kids ended up being disappointed when they didn’t see any Ewoks there. But don’t worry! Herrera added Ewoks to the background of his…

Tech News Casey Chan Sep 22

Apple Handed The Motherboard of All Patent Lawsuits

Another day, another patent lawsuit. Today’s below-bridge dwelling plantiff is Taiwanese company VIA. VIA has filed suit against Apple claiming infringement of three patents they own. The patents in question are: US Patents Nos. 6253312, Method and apparatus for double operand load, and 6253311 & 6754810, Instruction set for bi-directional conversion and transfer of integer…

Tech News Roberto Baldwin Sep 22

VirusBarrier for iPhone: Protect Your iPhone By Scanning for Malware

iOS is pretty safe and secure, as there’s no known malware that’ll make your iPhone bug out and die. But! Your iPhone could act as a carrier to malware, bringing viruses to your computer without you even knowing. VirusBarrier puts a malware scanner on your iPhone so you never have to worry What’s it do?…

Tech News Casey Chan Sep 22

HP’s New CEO Won’t Bring TouchPads Back or Save PCs

So here’s what you need to know about why HP fired CEO Leo Apotheker: it’s not because of the choices he made, it’s how he executed them. So TouchPad is still dead. PCs are still being shunned. And round and round and round we go. We’ve talked a bit about how former eBay CEO Meg…

Tech News Brian Barrett Sep 22

Scientists Design A Novel Magnetic Cloaking Device

Aladdin Magic Vaporizer

Here’s What Happens When a Roomba Mates With An Air Purifier

Scientists Reconstruct Brains’ Visions Into Digital Video In Historic Experiment

Learn How to Pick Locks from a Competitive Lockpicker Who Truly Loves Locks

Faster Than Light Neutrinos? Not So Fast

The B-52’s: Rock Lobster

Why the women of The Big Bang Theory are more interesting than the men

We’ll have a long wait for 2012’s Doctor Who episodes

How Windows Live Works in Windows 8

AT-AT Pancakes, Concept Printers, and Other Stories We Didn’t Post

Robotic Cannon Fires 1,000 Metal Pellets Per Minute

X-rays reveal hidden painting behind 19th century masterpiece

The Pursuit of Personal Flight

Cellphone Service Hitting NYC Subways to Both Delight and Dismay

This Incredible Space Aurora Video Trumps Any Earth Fly-By—Ever

A Dad Photoshopped Ewoks Into His Family Pictures to Convince His Kids Ewoks Were Real

Apple Handed The Motherboard of All Patent Lawsuits

VirusBarrier for iPhone: Protect Your iPhone By Scanning for Malware

HP’s New CEO Won’t Bring TouchPads Back or Save PCs

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